Wheel-retainer



C. A. LINDBEHG.

WHEEL RETAINER. APPLICATION H'LED Aue.2z. 1919.

1345,54@ f Patented July 6, W,

y UNITED s onlannnsn. minimizes, or erinnere, nu'.crirenin` .essienonro srmaeis srnnn eo- .orinroo., or` srnaes, nineteen, a oonroita'rron .critici-Ireen i ,masia spcification @fretten Patent. y pfcrmutml my 1519200 Application inea 'August leien serial" naeiazsel To all ilu/t0n@ t may confer/"JL:

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citizen ot' the lilnited `dtatels,l'i'esiding at titularis, county ot tdt. Joseph, State ol `,ll/llichigan7 have` invented certain new and uselful improvements in llllheel-lietainers, of `which the following is a specification. This invention relates to improvements in Wheel retainers. y y l i y The main objects ot` this invention are to provide an improved Wheel retainer which is Well adapted ior use in lipjlit vehicles suoli as cliildrens carriages, which is concealed `troni View and at the saine time readily a di justed to secure or releasethe Wheel.`

Further obiects, and objects relating to structural details, will definitely `appear lromtlie letailed description to follow.

l accomplish theohjects ot my invention bythe devices and means described. in the tollowinn" speciiieation. The invention is clearly delined and pointed out inthe claims.`

nient oit my invention clearly illustrated "in the accompanying" dfavvingf torniinp; a y part oit this sneciiication, in which:

.Figure l is a detail elevation ot a structure embodying; the features otmy invention', only` such parts being illustrated as y eem advisable 'to shopT an application ot my improvements.

` Fig'. ll is a detail vertical section on a y "line correspondinoto `line 2-#2 of Fig'. lll. Fig. lll is a detail horizontal section on a. line corresponding' to line oi llig. l.

llig'. IV is a detail vertical section corresponding' to Fig. Il, `with the retaining' dog in its retracted position. y ln theI drawing similar reference characters refer .to .similarparts throughout the several views,` and the sectional views are taken looking: in the direction "ot the little arrows at the end of the `section lines." y

lleterrinn' to the drawing'n l represents the axle, 2 a wheel thereon and il aside member ot the rnnninfrfpgear Jframe of a childs car riapgeembodyinn' the features of my invention. The hub 4l ot the Wheel is provided with ball bearings 5 and a cap G closing' the tu outer end ol the hub. The axle is hollow, it being' illustrated formed from a piece oili sheet steel. Thegaxle is provided with a. thrust collar 7 for the inner end ot the hub. The wheel retaining'idop: 8 is 'formed of a 55 rod or bar, and has a laterally turned enstructure which is apre'lerred embodi` very satisfactory.

pagina portion 9 at `its outer endadapted to `beQpi'ojected through tlle hole ll in the aider. to `pro'lcct` at `the outcrside ot' the outer bearing' o, and thereby retain the Wheel--see 'Fig'. y lill.

rlhe retainingdop,` is provided with an oil"- set l2 at its inner end, the ol'lset being' termed so that the dog also engages the axle at i3 and 14:. thereby supporting' the dog .in au outwardly inclined position with its enifagingg'iiortion 9 normally retracted.

y lo actuate or project the retaining dog', l provide a reciprocating),` actuating' member i5 having a laterally o'liset curved portion lll which is adapted to slide under the dog "and project its engaging portion through the 'uoleas described. rlhis actuating' member is in the structure illustrated formed ot a piece ol.I Wire. .dn actuating lever 17 is provided l'or the actuating member, the lever liningn pivoted Within the axle at 18 provided with a irn'ojec-ting' finger piece i9 for convenience in manipulation.` The actuating member provided With an eye 20 engaging' `the aid ot' tools, so that the carriage `can be shipped in knock-down and set up by theretailer or consumer as the case may be.

l have illustrated and described my invention in an embodiment which l have found l have not attempted to illustrate certa-in Inodilications and adaptations vvhich l contemplate, as l believe the disclosure made Will enable those skilled in the art to yvvhich my invention relates. to embody or adapt the same as may be desired. f 'i Having' thus described my invention, What l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is l.. ln a Wheel retainino' means, the combination of a hollow axle havinir a" hole at i the outer end `thereofq a wheel mounted on Vsaid axle.I a bar-like retaining' dog disposed in said axle and provided with a laterally proyectmg' Wheel engaging' portion adapted to beprojected through said hole, said dog "ed in an outwardlyfinclined retracted position, and a rod-like actuating); member dis- K posed n said axle to reeiprocatefat the side `of said dog and having a lateral curved 'oij'setat its outer end adapted to engage said retaining dog so that when the actuating i member is actuated it slidably 'engages said retaining dog yand projects its engaging' portion through said hole.

Inawheel retaining means, the oombinaton of a hollow axle, a Wheel mounted on said axle, a retaining'dog mounted in saidl axle and 'nrovdred With a Wheel engaging portionY adapted t0 be projected lat- 1erally from .said axle,an actuating member my hand and seal in the presence of two wit- 20 nesses.

CHARLES A.'L1N DBERG. |L. 5.] Witnesses M. E. COBB, DENNIS L. KANE. 

